Major Wallace C. Hogan Jr., 40, who went by
his middle name, Cole, was Army through and through. He had served with
the Green Berets, the Special Forces and, ultimately, as a general's aide
at the Pentagon.

He loved every job, said his father, Wallace
C. Hogan Sr.

He had hobbies, including hunting and car repair,
but his focus was on the military, his father said.

"He was a very gung-ho military man," he said.
"He would have stayed in the Army until they kicked him out."

Hogan, who grew up in Macon, Georgia, and was
living in Fairfax County, joined the Army National Guard after graduating
from Valdosta State College. He became part of the regular Army during
the Persian Gulf War. He was stationed in Hawaii and Panama before his
transfer to the Pentagon.

It was in Panama that he met his wife-to-be,
Pat, an Air Force doctor. When Hogan fell ill, Pat was assigned to treat
him, his father said. The two were together in Panama for a year. More
than three years ago, they were transferred to Washington, Hogan to the
Pentagon and his wife to Andrews Air Force Base. They would have celebrated
their second anniversary in October.

The discipline of the Army appealed to Hogan,
his father said: "He liked having to do things right."

Neighbors said they hardly ever saw Hogan in
uniform.

Some days, they said, Hogan would bike to the
Pentagon from his home in the Alexandria area of Fairfax, whizzing down
the street in bicyclist's gear.

He was also a dedicated volunteer with a neighborhood
revitalization program.

Sharon Brumleve, who lived up the street from
Hogan, was the chairwoman of that committee. She said Hogan was a constantly
friendly and positive presence. When Hogan became a general's aide several
months ago, he chatted about the promotion with his neighbor. Brumleve
said Hogan told her he was nervous that the extra hours would take him
away from his wife, but he was confident that the new job would help him
keep moving up in the career he loved.

-- Rosalind S. Helderman

Macon native killed in Pentagon
attack to be buried at Arlington

U.S. Army Major Cole Hogan, the Macon native
who died during the terrorist attack on the Pentagon, once told his wife
that he wanted to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Hogan, 40, will get his wish.

His mother, Jane Hogan of Macon, said Friday
that arrangements have been made to conduct a funeral for Cole Hogan on
October 12 at 1 p.m. in the main chapel of Fort Belvoir, Virginia, an Army
installation near Washington. Burial will follow at 3:45 p.m. at Arlington.

Many people have contacted the family to inquire
about the funeral and burial arrangements, she said. The Army is putting
together an obituary, which will be released later. But Hogan said she
wanted to go ahead and let people know of the arrangements in case local
friends want to attend.

The Army is scheduling a memorial service for
the families and friends of those who died during the attack. That service
is by invitation only, she said. It will be held at the Pentagon on October
11 - a month after terrorists slammed a hijacked commercial airplane into
the west wing of the Pentagon.

Cole Hogan, a Green Beret officer who served
as a general's aide, was at his desk when the aircraft hit the Pentagon.
Officials said his office was at the point of impact. His body was identified
through DNA tests. It isn't viewable, said his father, Wallace Hogan of
Macon.

Wallace Hogan is in poor health, and there
was concern that he wouldn't be able to attend the services if they were
held in the Washington area. But Jane Hogan said she and her husband will
be among the family members who attend the Pentagon memorial and their
son's funeral.

"So many people have called us since this happened,"
Jane Hogan said. "He had a lot of friends. We've heard from people that
we didn't even know about."

Included in that group was Major General Robert
Hughes of Macon, deputy commander of the 1st Army (RC). Hughes, a former
commander of the Georgia National Guard's 48th Infantry Brigade, met Cole
Hogan when he was in the 48th.

Hughes described Hogan as one of Macon's finest
citizens, a soldier's soldier. "He super-excelled. This guy was something.
He lived a different kind of life," he said. "We lost a soldier, but we
lost a helluva an officer and a super guy."

Hogan grew up in Macon. He attended elementary
school at Tattnall Square Academy and high school at First Presbyterian
Day School. He attended college at Valdosta State.

Hogan would have celebrated his 41st birthday
October 9 - the same day he and Pat Hogan would have celebrated their second
wedding anniversary.

Pentagon victim laid to rest Macon native buried at Arlington

Macon's sole victim in the September 11 terrorist
attack on the Pentagon was buried with full military honors Friday at Arlington
National Cemetery.

Army Major Cole Hogan, the son of Wallace and
Jane Hogan from Macon, was laid to rest near a stand of oaks among the
270,000 simple white tombstones that mark the final resting place of America's
military heroes.

Hogan was buried less than a half-mile from
where he died. The charred exterior of the Pentagon and the gaping hole
where terrorists crashed a civilian jetliner into its outer ring were visible
beyond the distant trees.

In a vivid reminder of the heightened state
of alert that has gripped the nation's capitol since September 11, a black
Huey helicopter flew low over the cemetery just minutes before Hogan's
funeral.

A brass band in Army dress blues marched slowly
to the beat of a single drum as the procession neared. As the band turned
into a shaded lane toward Hogan's grave, it struck up "The Army Song."

A caisson pulled by six black horses carried
Hogan's remains in a flag-draped coffin. Two of the horses, according to
military tradition, bore no riders. A crowd of about 200 mourners - many
dressed in Army dress green and Air Force dress blue uniforms - followed
at a respectful distance behind their fallen family member, friend and
comrade.

Many of those in attendance wore green berets
that marked them as Army Special Forces soldiers. Hogan, 40, was an Army
Special Forces officer. He worked in the Pentagon as the executive officer
for the Army's chief of plans and programs and was among 125 military and
civilian Pentagon personnel killed in the attack. Another 64 people died
aboard the jetliner.

An eight-man burial detail carried Hogan's
remains in a flag-draped box to their final resting place. The band played
a low, somber tune. The burial detail stood at attention, holding the American
flag stretched taut over Hogan's grave as Army chaplain Lieutenant Colonel
James May gave a brief service. He and the mourners recited The Lord's
Prayer.

The military men and women in the crowd stood
at attention as a bugler played "Taps" and a seven-man party fired three
rapid volleys in a 21-gun salute. The sharp reports of the soldiers' rifles
echoed under leaden skies.

The military men and women among the crowd
continued to salute as the burial detail folded the flag. They marched
briskly away after their task was done. The band struck up "America the
Beautiful."

Major General Phillip Kensinger, the Army's
chief of staff for plans and operations, presented the folded flag to Hogan's
widow, Air Force Major Patricia Hogan.

She and her husband would have celebrated their
second wedding anniversary last Tuesday.

Army Chief of Staff General Eric Shinseki spoke
briefly to Hogan's widow. Cole Hogan's former boss, Kensinger, also presented
her with a Purple Heart and Distinguished Service Medal on behalf of her
husband.

Friends and comrades drifted toward their vehicles,
as Hogan's family gathered at his grave for a few moments alone. The clatter
of horses' hooves sounded on the asphalt as the caisson pulled slowly away.

NOTE: Major Hogan was laid to
rest in Section 64 of Arlington National Cemetery, within the shadows of
the Pentagon.